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Feb 3 2013 07:46 PM ET

Watch the 'Fast & Furious 6' Super Bowl trailer -- VIDEO

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After two years of terrible waiting, Americans can rest easy: There is finally a new Fast & Furious movie. It’s called Fast & Furious 6, but we’re all just going to call it Fast Six, although a more accurate title based on the Super Bowl trailer would be Tank Fast Plane Furious: Resurrection. (UPDATE: Check out our deep dive into the Fast & Furious 6 trailer here.) In a clear homage to Alfred Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief, Vin Diesel and his glistening biceps are brought out of retirement by The Rock and his glistening biceps, because The Rock needs to track down a highly effective criminal paramilitary European road gang. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 26 2013 01:19 PM ET

Box office update: 'Hansel and Gretel' wins Friday with $6 million; 'Parker' and 'Movie 43' bomb

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For the second week in a row, three new movies entered cinemas, and only one of them is scoring healthy grosses, leaving the other two to languish right out of the gate.

Almost a year after its originally scheduled March 2012 release, Paramount’s $50 million Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters topped the chart on its first Friday with $6.0 million from 3,372 theaters. The poorly reviewed film (a phrase that applies to all this weekend’s new releases) stars Gemma Arteron and Jeremy Renner, but the Avengers star has demonstrated little drawing power as a leading man so far. Hansel and Gretel may take in about $16 million worth of [gingerbread] dough over the full weekend frame. READ FULL STORY »

Nov 17 2011 01:00 PM ET

Jason Reitman's table-read of 'The Apartment': And his Baxter is... -- EXCLUSIVE

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Tonight, Jason Reitman will direct a live table-read of Billy Wilder’s classic 1960 film, The Apartment, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to benefit Film Independent. Last month, Reitman kicked off his series with a celeb-studded performance of The Breakfast Club. Reitman had been announcing tonight’s cast via his Twitter feed — yesterday, he revealed that Natalie Portman will read the Shirley MacLaine role — but the role of C.C. Baxter, originated by Jack Lemmon, remained a secret. Until now. I’ll give you a hint: He once ate a big red candle. Your Baxter for a night is… after the jump. READ FULL STORY »

Oct 4 2011 12:21 PM ET

Fox Searchlight calls 'Black Swan' lawsuit 'meritless,' 'opportunistic'

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Fox Searchlight Pictures responded dismissively to the lawsuit brought by two unpaid interns who worked on Black Swan, claiming that the accusations are meritless because the plaintiffs never officially worked for them. Alex Footman and Eric Glatt had filed a lawsuit in Manhattan last week, claiming that Fox Searchlight had violated work laws with the not-uncommon industry practice of unpaid internships. According to their lawsuit, as reported in the New York Times, labor rules required that unpaid interns receive hands-on educational experience, not the menial tasks — such as fetching coffee and taking out the trash — that interns are routinely assigned. “The only thing I learned on this internship was to be more picky in choosing employment opportunities,” Footman, 24, told the Times. “Black Swan had more than $300 million in revenues. If they paid us, it wouldn’t make a big difference to them, but it would make a huge difference to us.”

Fox Searchlight didn’t address the specific workplace charges since their stance is essentially, “It has nothing to do with us.” In a statement, the studio said: READ FULL STORY »

Aug 26 2011 01:06 AM ET

Natalie Portman turns down 'Adaline' role

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Natalie Portman has turned down a starring role in the drama Adaline — the same part that was ditched by Katherine Heigl last year. A rep for Portman tells EW that the the Black Swan star was offered and declined the lead role of a woman who mysteriously stops aging after a freak accident. The project previously had a March 2011 start date when Heigl was attached along with director Andy Tennant (The Bounty Hunter, Hitch), but it was put on hold when the actress withdrew last November. Portman, 30, has yet to pick a film since winning an Oscar in February and giving birth to her first child in June, although she has stayed in the public eye thanks to in-the-can movies like Thor and Your Highness and a high profile ad campaign for Miss Dior Cherie perfume.

Read more:
Katherine Heigl bows out of ‘Adaline’
Natalie Portman loves stoner comedies but not getting stoned — EXCLUSIVE
Natalie Portman on ‘Black Swan’ controversy: ‘I know what went on.’

Apr 15 2011 08:57 PM ET

Natalie Portman's 'Black Swan' double on '20/20': Filmmakers are 'completely lying'

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The Black Swan controversy keeps on spinning. In an interview with ABC’s 20/20 that aired Friday, Sarah Lane — the dance double who has contended Portman did “5 percent” of the full-body dancing in the film — said that the filmmakers who have come to Portman’s defense are “completely lying.” Director Darren Aronofsky said in a statement last month that, of the 139 dance shots in the film, 111 are of Portman “untouched,” while 28 are of Lane: “If you do the math, that’s 80 percent Natalie Portman.”

“I’m not speaking because I feel like I should be heralded,” Lane said to 20/20‘s Elizabeth Vargas. “I’m speaking because [the filmmakers] are completely lying about the amount of dancing Natalie did in the movie. When those incorrect things are coming out, and they threaten the entire principle of ballet, then I feel like I need to say something.” Lane also said she “expected” Portman not to thank her in her Oscar acceptance speech, and that she doesn’t feel “all disgruntled” by the omission. You can watch a clip of the interview below: READ FULL STORY »

Apr 7 2011 05:49 PM ET

'Hesher' trailer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays with fire

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For those who took to Joseph Gordon-Levitt as lovesick sap in (500) Days of Summer or a debonair dream stealer in Inception, leave your expectations for flawless three-piece suits and impromptu Hall & Oates performances at home. Levitt’s latest character goes the unkempt route, and is partial to fire, cigarettes, and general shirtlessness (and pantslessness). In Spencer Susser’s Hesher, which premiered at Sundance last year, the title character is a loner who strikes an unlikely bond with young, depressed TJ (Devin Brochu) and subsequently, Nicole (Natalie Portman), who despite her small frame, is ready to throw down. (Sorry, but Portman will never look homely no matter how big her glasses are.)

Check out the trailer below, if only to move to step closer to seeing all five of the Oscar winner’s 2011 films. And because of Rainn Wilson.  READ FULL STORY »

Apr 7 2011 02:27 PM ET

Natalie Portman on 'Black Swan' controversy: 'I know what went on.'

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When ballerina Sarah Lane claimed last month that she had done 95 percent of the dancing in Natalie Portman’s Oscar-winning Black Swan performance, Portman’s supporters — including co-star Mila Kunis and director Darren Aronofsky –  were quick to defend their star. But Portman herself has stayed mum on the topic — until now. “I know what went on,” Portman told E! News’ Ashlan Gorse during a press junket for the new comedy Your Highness. READ FULL STORY »

Apr 6 2011 10:33 AM ET

Natalie Portman loves stoner comedies, but not getting stoned -- EXCLUSIVE

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Black Swan star Natalie Portman makes her first post-Oscar movie appearance this Friday in the stoner comedy Your Highness. She’s also developing Best Buds, a buddy comedy about a marijuana-laced road trip, with her production company Handsomecharlie Films. But just because Portman is taking the high road in her work doesn’t mean she’s doing so in real life, too.

“I love stoner comedies. I smoked weed in college, but I haven’t smoked in years,” Portman told EW in December, a few weeks before announcing her pregnancy. “I’m too old. I wish I was that cool, but I’m like an old lady now. I’m in bed by 10 p.m. I can’t do that anymore.” READ FULL STORY »

Mar 31 2011 09:26 AM ET

'Thor' clip: Don't tase me, bro!

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When your immortal father wants to punish you, he knows exactly where to banish you: the realm of New Mexico. At least that’s what happens to Thor in this summer’s superhero movie, out May 6. A new clip teases a little more of that first moment when the strapping Norse god first lands on earth and meets the women who will help him in his new environment. Natalie Portman is the level-headed one — a woman of science — and Kat Dennings is a tad more flighty — she goes from volunteering to provide CPR on a “hammer’d” Thor to tasering him in panic. Take a look. READ FULL STORY »

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